COMP3441/9441 Cryptography and Security 2004 Session 2

School of Computer Science and Engineering The University of New South Wales Sydney Australia

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Textbook(s)

Otherwise there are a range of books you could look at for the various parts of the subject. I'll post references after each lecture.

Readings

• Applied Cryptography B. Schneier (Wiley 1996).
  good coverage of crypto and practical security
• Computer Security: Art and Science M. Bishop (Addison Wesley 2003)
• Modern Cryptography: Theory and Practice W. Mao (Prentice Hall/HP 2004)
• Network Security. Private communications in a public world C. Kaufman, R. Perlman, and M. Speciner (Prentice Hall 2002).
  good coverage of crypto, some coverage of practical security.
• Corporate Computer and Network Security R. Panko (Prentice Hall 2003)
• Network Security Essentials. 2nd Ed W. Stallings (Prentice Hall 2003)
• Basic Methods of Cryptography J. van der Lubbe (English edition Cambridge 1998)
• The Mathematics of Coding Theory P Garret (Prentice Hall 2004)
• Hacking Exposed. Network Security Secrets and Solutions. 4th ed S. McClure, J. Scambray, and G. Kurtz (McGraw Hill 2003)
• Hacking Linux Exposed. 2nd ed B. Hatch and J. Lee (McGraw Hill 2003)
• Honeypots. Tracking Hackers. L. Spitzner (Addison-Wesley 2003)
• Intrusion Detection with Snort J. Koziol (Sams 2003)
• Internetworking with TCP/IP. Vol 1. 4th Ed (Prentice Hall 2000)
• Security in Computing, Third Edition C. Pfleeger. ()
• Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World Bruce Schneier
• Know Your Enemy: Revealing the Security Tools, Tactics, and Motives of the Blackhat Community The Honeynet Project
• Practical Cryptography N. Ferguson, Bruce Schneier
• Secrets and Lies : Digital Security in a Networked World Bruce Schneier
• Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems R. Anderson
• The Art of Deception : Controlling the Human Element of Security Kevin Mitnick, W. Simon, S. Wozniak
• a few more to come ...

Fun Readings

• Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage Clifford Stoll
• Takedown: The Pursuit and Capture of Kevin Mitnick, America's Most Wanted Computer Outlaw-By the Man Who Did It Tsutomu Shimomura, J. Markoff
• Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace E. Nuwere, D. Chanoff
• The Hacker Crackdown: Law And Disorder On The Electronic Frontier B. Sterling
• Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution S. Levy
• The Hacker Diaries: Confessions of Teenage Hackers D. Verton
• The Masters of Deception: The Gang That Ruled Cyberspace M. Slatalla
• The Watchman J. Littman
• The Fugitive Game J. Littman
• At Large: The Strange Case of the World's Biggest Internet Invasion D. Freedman, C. Mann
• The Art of War Sun Tzu
• a few more to come ...

WWW

• Our folklore list
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• CERT | CERT Incident notes
• BugTraq
• SANS reading room
• http://www.linux-sec.net/: IDS, hardening, general security
• Crypto-Gram (subscribe) bruce schneier's monthly newsletter

Civil Liberties, Law, IP

• EUS) EPIC Bill Track

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